For the second time in a month, a fugitive from Texas has fatally shot himself after a traffic stop in East Baton Rouge Parish, Sheriff's Office officials said Monday.
Kevin G. Carlin, 33, died about 11 p.m. Sunday after a deputy tried to pull him over on the Millerville Road exit ramp off Interstate 12, Sheriff's Office spokesman Deputy Mike Crawford said.

Carlin fled down Millerville and South Harrell's Ferry roads, then lost control of a Chevy Lumina and came to a stop in the 17800 block of South Harrell's Ferry Road, Crawford said.

At the deputy's instruction, Carlin got out of the car, but then alternately pointed a handgun at the deputy and himself in a "teasing or taunting-type gesture," Crawford said.

The deputy fired a shot into Carlin's right arm, Crawford said.

Carlin paused a few seconds, then shot himself, Crawford said. He was declared dead at the scene.

Crawford said he did not know whether the incident was videotaped from the deputy's cruiser. He did not identify the deputy.

Carlin's last known address is in Ponchatoula, but the Lumina was registered to his mother in Texas, Crawford said.

"We don't know where he was coming from or where he was going," he said.

Houston police sought Carlin on a count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon for a May 2003 incident, Houston Police Department spokesman Alvin Wright said.

Carlin was accused of hitting a man on the head with a beer bottle and punching him, Wright said.

Carlin had an "extensive" criminal record, including an arrest for attempted second-degree murder in Florida in 1989. He also had at least one DWI arrest and several drug-related arrests, Wright said.

Crawford said more information will be released about Sunday's incident on Wednesday, after the Mardi Gras holiday. He said the deputy was off duty Monday and today and he didn't know when the deputy would return to work.

In a news release, Lt. Col. Greg Phares of the Sheriff's Office said the deputy acted "lawfully, within Sheriff's Office policy and courageously."

On Jan. 21, a man wanted in a double slaying in Houston shot himself after a Louisiana state trooper pulled him over on Greenwell Springs Road, also for a traffic violation.

Timothy J. Robertson, 27, was wanted in connection with the killing of his ex-girlfriend and her mother. He shot himself while sitting in the front seat of his car, about five hours after the women were killed.

Authorities said at the time Robertson was reportedly headed to Kentwood in Tangipahoa Parish.

The trooper retreated and fired at the truck, but Coroner Shannon Cooper said Robertson died of a single gunshot to the chest.

This is him for sure. Like I said on another board I am saddened even though he was a scamming bastard. He was a bro of mine for a while and I use to talk to him practical every night back in the day. It just shows that you can never really know who anyone is. Yes he deserved this but I can't help but feel sad a little. Not crying sad but sad still. NO I"M NOT ON CLOMID

How is suicide not sad.....It is a waste of a life. I am sorry but death is not taken likely by me. having several friends who have killed themselves, even if they are scammer that by no means justifies a suicide or makes it not sad.

Explains his actions a bit because of his mass scamming. No telling what else he was taking to induce his emotional state. Also, no telling what dramatized him so bad he scammed so many members and it came to this point. Even though he was a scammer and became despised he didnt deserve to die. There is a lot behind the lines not said here Im sure. No one goes from being so admired then hated, and then suicidal, with out some dramatical event taking place. I feel sorry for him. Something happend to this man and it pushed him over that is no doubt.

I am not going to defend the guy but it sure is funny how so many guys on here followed his every word for a long time, and stroked his ego whenever he posted a pic. Now these same people act like he never did anything good for them! He did answer a lot of questions that were asked of him. You just have to wonder what drives a person to take their own life...!

Explains his actions a bit because of his mass scamming. No telling what else he was taking to induce his emotional state. Also, no telling what dramatized him so bad he scammed so many members and it came to this point. Even though he was a scammer and became despised he didnt deserve to die. There is a lot behind the lines not said here Im sure. No one goes from being so admired then hated, and then suicidal, with out some dramatical event taking place. I feel sorry for him. Something happend to this man and it pushed him over that is no doubt.

****. He came across as a good guy here for a while before scamming members. He was quite helpful to me in designing a workout. It's a shame for anyone to kill themselves and my prayers go out to his family especially his mother.

No matter what you thought of the guy (I didn't know him...but know about him)...the situation is still tragic.

Some say Karma...but scamming money is not on the level with death...a severe beating yes...but not death. Taking one's own life is tragic no matter the reason. Just as our NARC stated...there must have been some very serious things going on that we don't know about...who the hell am I to judge a man in that right. I have been scammed, but I certinly don't wish death on the perpetrator.

And I will not take it back or change it for anyone or anything, period...

Maybe when you have seen a body on the ground of someone who has just jumped off a building then maybe you can tell me that someone deserves to die. I disagree with you so much, even if he killed someone it will still be hard to justify his death. You can't take the eye for and eye mantality, in the end you will just have a lot of blind people.

I have never had contact with Big Kev. When i became a member here he was already a scammer, or became a scammer shortly after i joined. I dont think its sad that he killed himself. However i dont think he deserved it either. Wow he scammed some people off of a few hundred dollars, that isnt enough to want him to die. How many people download music files, guess what you are scamming money off of the artists. Should you die for it?

My best friend is a volunteer firefighter and my other boy's dad the chief...
I have been there on ride alongs when I was gonna join...

And yes I have seen all kinds of things including people with their heads severed in car accidents...

sorry to have hit a nerve with you, but my personality is one that would allow me to take a bullet for a true trusted friend or cause much damage to a enemy...

Big Kev was not a true trusted friend of mine, so you can decide what I considered him...

I am done with this now, if you have more to say PM me and let's keep it off the board so we both don't look like little kids bitching...

Originally Posted by LightWeightBaby

Maybe when you have seen a body on the ground of someone who has just jumped off a building then maybe you can tell me that someone deserves to die. I disagree with you so much, even if he killed someone it will still be hard to justify his death. You can't take the eye for and eye mantality, in the end you will just have a lot of blind people.

I have never had contact with Big Kev. When i became a member here he was already a scammer, or became a scammer shortly after i joined. I dont think its sad that he killed himself. However i dont think he deserved it either. Wow he scammed some people off of a few hundred dollars, that isnt enough to want him to die. How many people download music files, guess what you are scamming money off of the artists. Should you die for it?